According to Catholic News Service, sixty years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the landmark U.N document still is not respected fully around the world.
Cardinal Renato Martino, who stated this lamented that even among countries that have embraced, promoted and highlighted the declaration. It could be recalled that on December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, issuing 30 articles that proclaim some fundamental human rights, with some universal or rather more appropriately, some international leanings.
But quite like the prelate has lamented, this carefully worded declaration makes little or no impact or sense even to the nations that super headed it. This actually calls for some reflective questions. Without at any least doubting the sincerity of the UN and especially, the so called world powers, to what extent does international treaties, laws and such other world alliances as that of the UN Human Rights have discernible influence on the States that unite to make and adopt them? Some nations are known to have grossly violated not only the Universal Human Rights – even as Cardinal Renato had cited: "Unfortunately nowhere in the world, even among (countries) that have embraced, promoted and highlighted this declaration." If such things do not have a binding force, it makes fun of what they preach to do.
Genuine respect for Human Rights all over the world should be a matter of priority. There must be concrete move to safe guard – universally and internationally – the rights of everyone and nations. If the whole world had gathered to enact codes of conduct to this regard, much effort must be expended to ensure its respected-ness. But the problem is much more, when the super nations who combined forces in giving birth to this ‘universal baby’ run foul of taking care of the baby, in this case, who will bell the cat? There is need for openness, honesty and moral rectitude.
Cardinal Renato Martino, who stated this lamented that even among countries that have embraced, promoted and highlighted the declaration. It could be recalled that on December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, issuing 30 articles that proclaim some fundamental human rights, with some universal or rather more appropriately, some international leanings.
But quite like the prelate has lamented, this carefully worded declaration makes little or no impact or sense even to the nations that super headed it. This actually calls for some reflective questions. Without at any least doubting the sincerity of the UN and especially, the so called world powers, to what extent does international treaties, laws and such other world alliances as that of the UN Human Rights have discernible influence on the States that unite to make and adopt them? Some nations are known to have grossly violated not only the Universal Human Rights – even as Cardinal Renato had cited: "Unfortunately nowhere in the world, even among (countries) that have embraced, promoted and highlighted this declaration." If such things do not have a binding force, it makes fun of what they preach to do.
Genuine respect for Human Rights all over the world should be a matter of priority. There must be concrete move to safe guard – universally and internationally – the rights of everyone and nations. If the whole world had gathered to enact codes of conduct to this regard, much effort must be expended to ensure its respected-ness. But the problem is much more, when the super nations who combined forces in giving birth to this ‘universal baby’ run foul of taking care of the baby, in this case, who will bell the cat? There is need for openness, honesty and moral rectitude.
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